Electrical Reliability Engineer

Position Title:
Electrical Reliability Engineer
Pay Rate:
$89,000 - $118,600
Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.
Category/Shift:
Salaried Full-Time
Physical Location:
375 Muscogee Road
Cantonment, FL
The Job You Will Perform:
The Electrical Reliability Engineer is responsible for improving the reliability, availability, and maintainability of electrical assets across the Pensacola Mill. This position provides technical leadership and engineering support to maintenance, operations, and capital project teams to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective operation of mill equipment. The engineer plays a critical role in driving reliability improvements, reducing downtime, optimizing maintenance strategies, and supporting asset lifecycle management.
This position operates in an industrial pulp and paper manufacturing environment and requires regular field interaction with production and maintenance teams. The role includes exposure to operating equipment, maintenance activities, and occasionally off-hours support during critical equipment outages or reliability events.
Safety & Compliance
Promote and support a strong safety culture.
Ensure compliance with corporate safety policies and regulatory requirements.
Participate in electrical safety initiatives, audits, and incident investigations.
Support NFPA 70E, OSHA, and mill electrical safety practices.
Reliability Improvement
Lead efforts to improve the reliability and performance of electrical systems and equipment.
Analyze equipment failures to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
Develop and execute reliability improvement plans for critical assets.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing unplanned downtime and maintenance costs.
Facilitate Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations and track corrective actions to completion.
Asset Management
Maintain and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs for electrical equipment.
Establish and monitor key reliability metrics, including Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), equipment availability, and maintenance cost performance.
Develop asset strategies for motors, drives, switchgear, transformers, MCCs, power distribution systems, and process control equipment.
Support long-term capital planning through equipment condition assessments and lifecycle analysis.
Predictive & Preventive Maintenance
Utilize predictive maintenance technologies including:
Infrared thermography
Electrical testing and diagnostics
Motor circuit analysis
Power quality analysis
Online monitoring systems
Review and optimize PM/PdM tasks within the mill maintenance management system.
Partner with maintenance planners and supervisors to ensure effective execution of reliability programs.
Power Distribution & Electrical Systems
Provide technical expertise for medium-voltage and low-voltage electrical systems.
Ensure compliance with applicable electrical codes, standards, and mill safety requirements.
Support electrical system studies including:
Arc flash analysis
Coordination studies
Load flow analysis
Short-circuit studies
Assist in troubleshooting complex electrical and control system issues.
Capital Projects & Engineering Support
Support mill capital projects from concept through startup.
Develop technical specifications and scope documents for electrical equipment purchases.